The cubs moved around the cave in complete chaos.
The red panda cub—Bai Shuyi—dragged over a basket nearly bigger than himself.
“Mama eat berries!”
The little snake cub, Bai Xingyuan, immediately wrapped tighter around Bai Xueyin’s waist and hissed:
“No.
Mama eat meat.”
“You only like meat,” Bai Qingluo replied calmly.
The white fox girl carried a wooden bowl carefully with both hands before placing it beside Xueyin.
“Mother should drink warm water first.”
Meanwhile, the snow leopard twins stood silently near the entrance like tiny guards.
Bai Chen remained calm.
Bai Yan still looked suspicious.
“…You really forgot everything?” Bai Yan suddenly asked.
Xueyin stiffened.
The cave instantly became quieter.
Even the little red panda stopped chewing berries.
Five pairs of eyes stared at her anxiously.
Her chest tightened strangely.
She didn’t know why…
But seeing them look afraid made her heart ache.
“I…” She hesitated softly.
“I remember some things.”
That much was true.
She remembered dying.
Remembered the novel.
Remembered Bai Xueyin.
But memories inside this body felt blurry and incomplete.
Like pages torn from a book.
Bai Qingluo lowered her gaze quietly.
“You forgot again…”
Again?
Xueyin blinked.
“Again?”
The fox cub nodded slowly.
“Sometimes Mother forgets things after headaches.”
The words made the cave silent.
Even the twins’ expressions darkened slightly.
As if this wasn’t the first time.
A strange unease crept into Xueyin’s heart.
Before she could ask further—
A sharp pain suddenly pierced her head.
Fragments exploded inside her mind.
Snowstorm.
Blood.
Warm hands holding her tightly.
A low male voice beside her ear.
> “Wait for me.”
Her breathing hitched.
Then another voice overlapped faintly.
> “I will come back to you.”
Different voice.
Different warmth.
Another memory flashed—
Silver eyes.
Snow falling into black hair.
A trembling hand touching her stomach carefully.
Then—
Everything vanished.
Xueyin gasped softly, pressing her forehead.
“Mother!”
The cubs immediately rushed toward her.
Bai Xingyuan coiled around her arm anxiously.
“Pain again?”
Bai Shuyi climbed directly into her lap.
“Mama don’t cry!”
Only then did Xueyin realize tears had fallen from her eyes without her noticing.
Why did those memories feel so painful?
And who… were those voices?
Before anyone could speak—
The atmosphere outside suddenly changed.
The snowstorm grew heavier.
Cold wind howled against the cave entrance.
The snow leopard twins instantly moved.
Their expressions sharpened.
Bai Chen stepped in front of Xueyin protectively.
Bai Yan’s small claws froze over with ice.
“Someone’s here.”
Xueyin’s heart skipped.
Outside the cave—
Heavy footsteps slowly approached through the snow.
Calm.
Unhurried.
Dangerous.
Then a deep male voice echoed from beyond the entrance.
“…Xueyin.”
The moment the voice sounded—
The cubs froze.
Especially the snow leopard twins.
Their icy blue eyes widened slightly.
As if they recognized the voice instinctively.
Meanwhile, Bai Xueyin felt her chest tighten painfully.
Because although she didn’t remember him—
Her body did.
And outside the cave entrance, hidden beneath the falling snow—
A tall silver-haired man stood silently with frost covering his shoulders.
Cold silver eyes stared toward the cave with overwhelming restraint.
The cursed snow leopard prince had finally found her.